Meditation IIA student asked, “How does one meditate, teacher?” The teacher replied, “Be alert, entering a spacious calm, and feel the moment of peace in your mind.” Meditation is bringing the mind into connection with the Divine. Meditation is achieved through the practice of mindfulness. Meditation helps to undo or remove any harmful thoughts in you. It transcends everyday life to reveal the goodness and kindness that are your real nature. It is like the sun shining on the beautiful flowers, showing their true nature. It will enable you to honor other hearts with your own gladness.The practice of mindfulness will ease complex situations and reduce your negative energy and emotional pain, which may have been with you through many lifetimes. You need to perceive, rather than withdraw from, those emotions and treat them openly, consciously and with acceptance and openhandedness. This applies to whatever emerges to help you in your thoughts.Meditation is the development of mindfulness and the application of being one with the Divine. You do not have to sit to meditate. You can meditate while you are walking; simply listen to silence in your mind and empty your thoughts.Meditation is to build one’s attention and awareness to a level of strength that will remain unmoved even in the chaos of life around you. Life is full of challenges and decisions, and participating in meditation will help you to construct a holistic life.Calm and auspicious conditions are created during meditation. Before you have complete control over your mind, you will need to be aware of your environment.During meditation you perceive that the candle flame of your mind is unstable. It swings and moves in the violent winds of your thoughts and emotions. The flame will burn constantly once you calm your thoughts around it.Then, with an internal glimpse, you become aware of the mind in a state of rest. Slowly, your thoughts, emotions, and the instability of the landscape fade out. The moment that you calm your mind, and you have the ability to concentrate and focus at will, you reach mindfulness. You wake up from a state of unconsciousness.The most significant aspect of the meditation posture is to keep the back straight. The inner energy will then flow through the subtle channels of the body, and your mind will truly rest. Do not force anything. You should be relaxed.Sit with your legs crossed. In addition, disregard duality, and instead envision unity. Rest your hands comfortably covering your knees. If you prefer to sit on a chair, keep your legs relaxed, and be sure to always to keep your back straight.When you meditate, you do not always need to use a specific method. You simply empty your mind with thoughtlessness, and you will find – especially when you are inspired – that you can bring your mind to this state and relax instantly.You do not need to worry about whether you are in the “correct” state. As you are relaxing in a moment of rich understanding and wakefulness, an unshakable certainty will emerge. With your mind quiescent, and entering into emptiness, a meditation will be successful.A study lead by a university researcher suggests that meditation can have positive biological effects on the capacity of the body to fight infection and disease. Additionally, the group that meditated exhibited an increase in the activity in the left hemisphere of the frontal part of the brain, indicating lower levels of anxiety and a positive emotional state of being.You feel content and at peace, as you have released yourself from the anxiety of problems, and this will bring both peace and joyfulness into your life. By Herman Wong